S1E16: Pediatrics, Shower Machine, and 2 Truths and a Lie with Bruno Silva!

This week Pam and Deb welcome a very special guest....Bruno Silva a friend, a family member, and an almost Bachelor! Tune in to this special episode of She Said She Said for tales from a Pediatric Resident, Pam's Shower Machine Story, and a special game of 2 Truths and a Lie!

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When did you audition for the. So when I was living in Arkansas, my. I'm. I'm a notorious bachelor. Everyone who's watching, I'm single. What's up? And my friend. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you. Love is love. I'm a good person. And my friends were like, damn. Like Bruno, he's just doesn't, he doesn't have the time or he needs somebody. So my, my friends in my program and when I was in medical school, they filled out all the application for me, put in all my stuff because they, at that time they all knew my, my, my, yes, my nose, whatever, my address and then didn't say anything to me. And then I got this random email from like the bachelor Nation being like, thank you so much for your application at this time. We've already filled all the positions. And I'm like, what are you talking about? And I was like, guys, you're not going to believe this email. And then my friends freaking, they told me they, they, they like, yeah. And I was like, what the hell? But I was like, man, they missed out, man. That would have been a good bachelor. I like the drama. I love, love, I like tv. But see now. Hey everybody, welcome back. We are so excited for the first she said, she said of the new year. We are opening up the year with a special guest who happens to be an active listener to she said, she said, hell yeah. We adore him because. Well, all sorts of reasons. But he's also our son in law's brother. Yeah. In the fam. His chief primary care. The primary care chief resident at our. Lady of the Lake Children's in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. So it's a man who takes care of children. SHOUT out welcome, Bruno. Thank you. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to be here. I am stoked. I, I really. I can't believe we're even. And they surprised me, audience. I didn't even know I was doing this. They're like, come home, come here. I'm like, oh, we're gonna have snacks, hang out. But no, they put me to work and chitchat camera. So one of the things I've always been fascinated with. Sure. What it takes to become a doctor. And we were just talking about how much sleep you get now. Yeah. So like, it, it really is what we see on tv. Yeah, it's, it's, you know, and I will say this like the, you know, I always complained about the process because, you know, you know, we have connection to Brazil and Europe. Like, you know, they come right out of college, straight into. Or really like they kind of, instead of college, they go straight into the medical field or into medical training. And I always thought, oh, my God, I have to do undergrad and I have to do this and that. And I thought the process was so long, but now that I'm in it, oh, my God. You need the years of experience not only to learn the medicine, but you need to grow up and be an adult. I really, I cannot complain about the length of time anymore. But it's an exhausting process, though. I believe it. Because think about the decisions you have to make. Yeah. That can't come from just, oh, I just finished school for 40 years. Yeah. And it can't be just like, it can't just be research based. You have to be able to have the experience and understand people's experience. Right. Because you have to have their input. It's autonomy. It's our biggest thing in medicine. But you. But not everyone's autonomy has research base or medical base. Right. So you have to be able to mix those things. And I really think experience is the key. It terrifies me to think somebody would come to me and say, I have this thing wrong. And they'd be looking to me to say, oh, that's this, and here's how we're gonna treat it. Yeah. I mean, I'd be like, I think that's my baby. You've got it from all the training, confidence. Yeah. And it really is the art of medicine. Right. And that's what I've been learning. And that's where there's nuance on. There's good physicians and bad physicians. Because, you know, first you have to be able to, not only be able to run that conversation, but you also need to, you know, take in their input, put in the what is the. What's going on and find the right treatment course. Right. Because there is plenty of. You have this infection, it's this antibiotic. But for example, say you have an autistic kid that doesn't take medicine. Well, what are your options? Or some med. For example, we see a lot of like, for example, ear infections. It's antibiotic, mostly amoxicillin, twice a day for 10 days. Can you imagine a kid who doesn't take medicine? Or you have to deal with it for 10 days, but there's other options. There's a, you know, there's a, there's an option for once a day. There's different medicine. There's. For example, if you have a strep throat, you can get a Shot now a one and done. So these are things you gotta consider that you gotta think of the person. You gotta think of the mom or dad who has to sit there and force their medicine onto kids. But then sometimes that's the only option. And you gotta be like, look, look, don't you gotta do it? Suck it up. Cause that's the only option we have here. Don't. You know she'd been a pediatrician when Lindsay was a pen. Yeah, yeah. Although Lindsay had good pediatricians. She did. That's true. That is true. But you know, it is. I think it is. It's a gift. It's to have both the scientific knowledge, but also kind of the emotional, social component that allows you to relate to your patient the way that's meaningful. Yeah, yeah. And I mean. And you just said it there like, that's why I love pediatrics. I was inspired by my own pediatrician, Dr. Iverque. Shout out if you're gonna listen to this. I like to get the spelling. Drop it in your house. Right? I used to call him Dr. Bar. He was Eric Stock, too. But the reason is you always remember your pediatrician. You get doctors and medical providers all your life. Right? But you remember your pediatrician because that's for. Literally born to 20 something sometimes that's your physician. And that's where you learn. That's how you learn about formula. That's how you learn about scratches. That's how you learn about, you know, I'm having issues in school. Do I need to get tested? It's like you're. It's really your home base for a lot of stuff. Right. And that's my whole process in life is like, if I can be that first good experience, get you a good taste of medicine in your mouth or, you know, you know, good taste. You have a good. You have a good relationship with medicine. Hopefully you will. I can set you off for the rest of your life with a good. Without fear. Without fear of. Of this thing that you always are going to deal with. You're always going to have health concerns throughout your life and you're going to have to deal with it. So hopefully you already go into it. Not afraid, you know? Yeah, that's my whole. That's the joy of pediatrics in my eye. Yeah. I love. Now do you want to always work in a hospital or do you want to have a practice or is that you don't talk about that yet until. No. And I think it's important that for people that want to start it, I think it's important to kind of know the vibe because it's hospital work and clinic work and specialist work, and there's so many different. And that's the beauty. Because, you know, as you guys know, my mom and dad, I did not come from a world of medicine. I have so many friends who are sons and daughters of doctors, which is beautiful. So beautiful. It really is like that, that family business, they knew what. And they knew what they were getting into. They knew what they're getting into. They wanted. They want to take over their mother or father's practice or want to do something different, but in the same realm. But I didn't have that. I really was like. I really fell in love with the job. But the beauty that I've learned coming into the medical world now is that there truly is something for everyone. If you're not the most social even. But you love medicine, you can be a great physician. You can do pathology. You can be more on the. On the. You can be a pharmacist. You can. There's so many. There's so many avenues to go into. For me, I love clinical medicine. I love to be the general pediatrician like the one you said, the one that Lindsey will see. Or any baby has to go do their newborn check, do all the wellness checks. Some people don't think it's glamorous because you don't. You're not a specialist, as in like a cardiologist, an infectious disease doctor. But I feel like I'm the. I'm the. I'm the coordinator of where you need to go. But it's also very. It's very beautiful medicine, too, because at every age group, from newborn to 21, you have a whole new set of things. Yeah. All right. They stop. So for that whole age period, then. Yeah. So you always have different sets of things that you have to think about. And so I like that. I have a lot of things I need to know. And our job is to filter out when it's a big deal, when I need to send you out, or actually, it's a big thing in pediatrics right now is because mental health and different specialists are either so far in between, where these rural areas don't have things. I now become. Become the psychiatrist. I now become the pulmonologist. I'm now. And you like that. I like that. But also it's hard because now we have to learn a lot of specialized skills that we don't get compensated for. Like, I'm not getting paid like the specialist, but I'm now The person who has to start you on, you know, medications or follow your asthma, house call thing. Yeah, it really. You have to be now, just because people, you know, they don't have all the resources. And it's beautiful. You feel good about that. But as the provider, it's a lot of responsibility. It's a lot of work, but. Oh, that's so cool. Yeah. Well, we were laughing before, so I wanted to share this because it is one of those things that's just a funny. She said. She said story. And you walked right into it. Let's do it. Unfortunately. But when Lindsay was a baby. Yeah, I think it was just me, but maybe you were equally as paranoid as I was. It's like I. Hydration was a thing. I'm like, you were. You were. You were insane. Like, I made sure when she went to bed, there was a bottle of water in the bed. We. When she got up, I gave her water. And like, a friend of ours came along. Tim Coop, the same guy who, by the way, shout out to Tim Coop, will take the lids off of our spice jars and put them on different ones and rearrange them alphabetically so we can't find them. No. That's awesome. I have so many stories about Tim. We could have an entire episode about. We should have Tim. You got to get Tim on. Let's go, Tim. But he came to me. Goes, Pam. You know you couldn't hyperhydrate your kid. Yeah. I went, oh, my gosh. She had a panic attack. Oh, my gosh, Lindsay, I swear, she does not walk around. Yes, she is. She is super hydrated. Yeah. Killed her. Well, you can drink too much water because it messes with your electrolytes. And if you have electrolyte imbalance, especially your sodium, your potassium, things like that, it can carve. This is not medical advice, by the way. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just for the record, there's no disclaimers on. Yes, please stay hydrated. You have to drink a lot and excessively in a short amount of time to really do that. But you can definitely get like, hearth uranias or seizures or all kind of things. Yeah, but you don't want to scare people. Like, you don't want to stress you out, too, because it's really hard because. That much. Yes, a lot. Yes. And if you don't drink enough, that's when you get in the hospital. That's what I'm telling all the sick kids recently. Because everyone's feeling sick and they're not drinking and they're not eating. But if you are dehydrated, that's when you have to stay in the hospital, get the IV fluids and et cetera. But if you can hydrate at home, you're a winner. You've taken care of. It's just a matter of time. Doctor gave us electrolytes to just add into. He's like, just add this into your. Water, and we're in a different world now you have those electrolyte supplements now that you can add to the waters, and it's beautiful. Like, that is a game changer. Oh, no, these are tasty. Some kids need the taste, but Pedialyte, which is not tasty, but some of them don't have flavor and stuff like that. So it helps the kids. It helps the kids who don't like flavor. I think the one we have is like lemon orange or something. Oh, yeah, it's a little citrus. I actually haven't tried it. Yeah. Or you can make your own. I hydrate with beer. Dehydrate. Again, not medical advice. You dehydrate with beer? I don't. Yeah. If you're not, you know, 18. Oh, my God. If you're not 21, you can't drink beer. But, you know, I'm a big fan of beer as well. You got to treat yourself sometimes of. An age when there were multiple ages. Yeah. In each state. Right. So when I grew up, there was 18 in Maryland and 20 in Delaware. Oh, my God. 18 in New Jersey. So I went to the university. Just pop on through. Went to the University of Delaware, which literally was a half a mile from the Maryland border, and 20 steps over the border was the liquor store. Right. So I kind of effectively had an 18 age. 17. You know, I live in Louisiana now, and alcohol is very free flowing down there. And I think not even the age. The crazy thing is you can take your cup and just walk around, and I think that is open carry. I think it's the wildest thing in the world. Wow. Because you're just a whole. You just got your cup. No, but I think walking around on the street. Yeah, but I want to say, like in Mississippi or something to that nature. Sorry. You can have, like, it in your car. You're not the driver. But something like, it's a wild ride down there in the summer in that. Area with your practice. No, I. So I've been very lucky that I've gotten to live in different places and do my training in all different places. I originally started in Kansas City, where I got my. My masters. Loved Kansas City. And then Went to Arkansas, all around Arkansas to do a. To do my medical school at NYT in Jonesboro, Arkansas, shout out. But now I do my residency in Louisiana, so I really have been all around mostly, like, in that, you know, southern area. You don't mind the temperatures, the weather? It's. It was all. It was all a shock to me. I'm a Florida in all. All ways. Was so funny. When he knew he was coming up here for New Year's, he started looking at the weather. I think it was probably in October, and started worrying about snow, you know, got like. I don't. I have these sweaters. I have. Yeah, I have, like, two pants. I have a jacket. And you know what? It's. I've been very lucky. It's not been super cold here, but. But the wind and Etiko and Lizzie walk around. That's hard. They walk a lot. They walk a lot. But actually, today I was like, do. I like to walk? Like, do you like. Well, I was like, it's fun. I was like, wow. It's good for your digestion. It is great for your digestion. Yeah, but. But Etika walks very fast. I have. I'm. I'm stronger than. Whoa. But he used to. He goes. He used to not be really fast. Okay, thank you for saying that, because he. Really fast. He goes, you know, I used to slow down. Yeah, I have to, like, talk to him so that he, like, slows down. Does it work? No, not. Because he wouldn't want to talk to me. I'm like, oh, you know, tell me about the state of the world, please. I'm out walking. But, yeah, so. But I like to walk. It's good for the digestion. You know, we eat and then you walk around, and then you feel better. Says 15 minutes after. After each meal. You said you don't even have to break. Break a sweat. Just move. Yeah, I'm taking walking. It's moving every day this year is my resolution. That's your resolution. I'll join you. What do you. What's your. Just 10, 15 minutes out. I'm gonna. I'm gonna walk, too, because I really. I need that. Okay, let's do it. I will do it. I will do it. Let me know. How's your week? I will definitely. And I will tell you how long after our recording. Maybe what we should do. Maybe we should sign us all up as a family for the walking thing that Lindsay and I did. Oh, that's Walk Across America. We have this with this app. It's like run or walk Across America. And you sign up, and we signed up for a year, and like, every season they have things and you just walk and then it logs it. So part of, like, we could be a team. Yeah. I mean, accountability. That's the whole thing, right? Yeah. It really helps because I'll be honest with you, like, the minute someone is not asking me, I'm like, francis and. I talk about this a lot. You're the last person you take care of. Yeah. I'm so bad. I'm the worst patient. I don't eat enough. I don't sleep. But I'm like, hey, kid, you got to do this. You need nine hours. Like, do what I say, not what I do. Yeah. I'm not an example. Yeah. But I will tell you, Lindsay and Edu have really helped me with that. Like, I've come for vacation to hang out with them, and they've let me slow down enough to be like, man, maybe I have to implement some of these daily things to feel better. Because you get so bogged down at work. I'm a workhorse. And I. I really, like, I've been better with sleep because I've realized that's. That's. You just can't. I can't. I can't think and do all that. But, like, I don't eat right. I don't necessarily sleep at the right time, and you know all that. So I need to create systems, like. Some sort of routine. Routine. Yeah. Because, you know, yes, my schedule is chaotic, but at the end of the day, I know I have it scheduled out. I can plan for it. I don't. It's like Lindsay. Yeah. And watching her with this has just been amazing because no matter how high or low the stress period is. Yes. That 5, 30 or 6 o'clock bar happens every day. Yeah. And if it doesn't. Yeah. Chaos. But it's just a little out of. Wow. Yeah. I've seen that. And I'm guilty of this. It's what I prioritize. Yeah. And I love the idea of us doing the app. Let's do that. I think we should do it as a family. I think we should get out. And I'll make my mom and dad do it. Because my dad's dream is to, like, after dinner, take a walk. I mean, he says that. I can't really say. I think, you know, it's one of those things. Like, maybe he knows we're gonna say no. But I think. I think commitment is commitment. I think he got to do it. You're in. Yeah. He's got to do it. Yeah. I think it's important people forget it too, you know? Now on the interwebs forever. Oh, God. Yeah. Speaking of water, I hear that you wanted to know the details on the show. Yes. I'm big. Yeah. So here's the deal. I hate showers. Not because I don't like being clean. I hate showers because you have to go through this entire rigmarole of getting undressed, getting in the shower, washing all the things, getting out of the shower, drying all the things, never quite getting it all dry. So you're in a hurry. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Then you have to go find the clothes, or you've gotten them ready before, but then you have to put them on, and then you finally have to dry your hair and you're. It's like this massively long. Oh, my God. So not even a bath? Like you just. You're not into the whole thing? No. That. Why? Oh, I don't like a bath either. Getting clean is a thing you have to do. Yeah. And a bath is not for Clemons. It's for realization. I agree. I can't get anybody to make the thing, though. And it's a shower machine. Okay. That does it all for you. What I want to do is walk into the bathroom, have it take off the clothes, and I can't even do without that. First time. I was gonna say this is the first time you've started that way. You've always agreed that you would go into the machine naked. Yeah, but I'm. You know, it manifests. I manifest. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Dream big. And then I walk into the shower. I stand there. Okay. It does all the scrubbing that needs to be done. Gotcha. Does all the rinsing. Yeah. And I walk out, and it blow. Dries me on the way out. Oh, that's nice. And then like a true car wash. And then a guy on YouTube had the perfect thing because he literally had his pants rigged and tied up so that he, like, jumped into them. Oh, that's awesome. His hands went through his shirt and then out he came. Yeah. We need a shower machine. And we're not far from it. I. I would think so. Got those walk in showers that are just gorgeous. Yeah. Just put floor to ceiling high power blow drivers that you push a button, walk out, and boom, you're dry. Yeah. And if you do the whole car wash thing, like, put the lights on, make it music. Yeah, I'm with you. Why not buy a pass? Go for it. Oh, a pass. A membership at the Shower. Yeah, the shower machine. Yeah. See, now, would you want this in your home or do you go somewhere. Okay. Absolutely not in public space. We're getting ready to redo the bathroom. I mean, you. And we really should. Thinking about. Yeah, you can add that. You know what? I. I bet in the. In, like, true nature, you could get some of that. Right. So you could do one of those showers that come from all the angles. So boom. That's already a way better. You don't have to necessarily. Yeah. And then, you know, I'm sure there's some kind of dryer situation out there. There's got to be a dryer. I think the dryer is probably the easiest thing. What about a warm towel? I mean, that's luxury. That would be nice. That's luxury. That would be cooler. Or a robe. So, you know. Yeah. The problem with towels and drying off is there's always one spot somewhere. Yeah. That didn't dry off. Yeah. And then when you go to put your clothes on, it sticks. That's when you take the blow dryer for your body. Yeah. You can do one extra. But she doesn't want any extra steps. Right. And also, I literally. I'll go to a shower. I'm out. Her showers are fast. I'm done. Yeah. Go up there, take a bath, then take a shower after the bath. Well, the bath was to relax. The bath is to relax. The bath is not about. Yeah, cleaning. Yeah. It's about a soak. It is about being able to lie there. Oh, get my book. I always book in the. I'm so afraid to bring anything into a bath. Like, I drop it, like, fall asleep and just. Yeah. Well, hopefully she wakes. That'll be hope. Yeah. But it can happen. I. I've done it once. Me, too. And it's painful. I loved it, though. You did? You felt rejuvenated. You know what I felt? I felt like I could do anything. Yeah. Well, you're so. Your adrenaline is so hyped. I was like, I can't do this. I can't do this. I can't do this. And then I did it nice. Twice. They made me do it again a second time. That's brutal. Really? Prove you can do it. Nice. Okay. And I felt so freaking powerful. That's cool. After I did that. Well, you can easily put that into existence. Yeah. Yeah, you can. Like, you can get a tub and do that quick. Well, you can buy them. You can. Yeah, you can. And you can have an outside one so it doesn't even have to, like, mess in the house. Yeah. As good for you as they say? I believe so. I think it's good for. I think it's good for, like your skin. I think it's good for, like your wake up, you know? I think. I think so. Circulation. I think. Now, nothing is always good in the extremes, Right. I don't know enough to say, but I think anything that makes you feel better at the end of the day, that's safe. Go for it. Yeah, that's a good. Why not? That's a good point. I like it. Yeah. Because there are a lot of. There are a lot of folks really doing that now. Yeah. On a regular basis. Yeah. I was like. I did it once. Yeah. It's definitely good for inflammation. I've heard that. Yeah. It's good, like if you, like, work out or do your walk or whatever, end with that and come out. That could be a good way to do it. You. What about a sauna? I'm a fan. I want the sauna. I like a sweat. I. I have just. Oh, my God, I love sweating. Thinking about the sauna. No, no, no, no. Oh, I love it. And they come to your house. Yeah. They can do it in your house. Yeah. They're so sick. I want one in my bathroom. Yeah. I did the ice bath. They had a dry sauna. Yeah. It's so nice. Can I tell you, Dr. Kiersgar, shout out to him. He's. He's big on the sauna. He said he. If on a day. On a dry. He said on a day when you can't. If you can't get out and work out, he goes, yes, sit in a sauna. Yeah, just let us do the Sweat. Is good for you. Yeah, it's so. Sweating is so good for you. They made me do that for 20 minutes before I got in the ice bath. Yes, that's perfect. That's how you should. That. That's the Swedish do it. Yeah, right. I think so. Only I think their sauna might be. Wet saunas, but even so. But they also have a tax for naming your baby's names that aren't normal names. The Swedish. Let me tell you, I've seen a lot of terrible baby names and you should get taxed. Yeah, there you go. People should have the worst baby name. You see, I. Oh, my God. He can't do that. What if the mother watches? They won't. They won't see. Well, there might be. This maybe bad for Hippa. I don't know if I'm going to get in trouble, but I Recently saw a terrible one. It was. It was heroin. No, spelled like heroin. And the parents were saying, like, oh, it's. It's herin. Like the bird. And we're like, that's not how it's spelled. And it was awful. It was awful. Oh, that. It was truly. I'm like. Because, like, there's bad names, but we're like, that's an actual. You have to change that. You have to change. Like, that can't be put on a form. I wonder if somebody actually created a birth certificate with that on it. They must have. It was their real name. It was their name. Oh, my word. Yeah, but then there's, like, cute ones. Like, they do. I like when you see, like, a movie one, you're like, oh, that's a character. Yeah. Like, I saw the Lord of the Rings people, the Legolas and all those guys, and that's cute. I'm like, I know that movie. I. I read that book, you know, and then you see the parents. Then you see the parents, you're like, yeah, yeah. They have, like, a, you know, the Lord of the Ring tattoo, and you're like, ah, I get it. You're cute. Yeah. Now, they might hate it later on in their life, you know, but. But it's cute. But a cute, like. Or, you know, recently, some of, like, the older names, like, like Esther and Ruby. Yeah. Like, you know, you see, like, a cute one that you don't. You haven't heard in a while. Those are kind of fun. But then you see it on a baby, and you're like, ooh. But when you're like, it's hard to see in a baby, but, like, it gets cute, though. That is true. Well, hi there, big guy. That was a. That was a big guy. Lucky. Stop. Yes, it was. All right, so I think we're gonna play a little game. Let's do it here, now. But first is my first time. It's my dream. Yay. Yeah. Your premiere podcast. I am obsessed with podcast podcasts. Oh, I wish I had the time to do it, but I love talking about stuff. Yeah, that's what I mean. And there's so much, like, important information. You know that. Yeah, Well, I will say, like, that's the cool thing about podcast is, like, there's podcasts for movies and education and entertainment and news, and I'm like. And I'm so proud of you guys because, like, this is so well done. Your crew is rad, and I just think it's so professional, and I'm just proud that you Guys, like, did a thing. It's awesome because people all say, like, listen to our podcast, and you really can, like, do it, like, anywhere, which is beautiful. But when you guys, like, you did it. Yeah. Well, these guys built. Our team built the studio, which I think is amazing. Yeah. I mean, this is incredible. It's fun, right? This is incredible. Right in the corner of the basement to give the real secrets away. And they did a fantastic job, and it just. That makes all the difference. Other than that, though, I mean, anybody can pick up a mic and talk. Yeah. All right, game time. Oh, boy, this is hard. Francis. We're playing two truths and a lie. It's going to be Bruno versus Pam and Deb. And Deb. You guys are gonna have to come up with one together. Okay. The three together. Okay. You'll have to come up with your three. Okay. I have to think of it. Two truths and a lie. I got a truth. The lie. That's the hard part, buddy. What are we gonna do? Let's see. I'm gonna let you come up with one. Okay, we're rolling, so. Okay. Go for it. Oh, I like your shoes. Thank you. I like a snake skin. They're very fancy. I had a stylist pick them out. I don't think I ever would get them out. Okay, so the first thing is our first date was at a restaurant called Pastabilities, and we ate a vat of pasta. Perfect. Our first vacation together was in Provincetown, Massachusetts. And our first. Oh. The first name that we. That we decided upon for our daughter was Lindsay. Aw. Okay. I believe the vat of pasta. Just knowing you. Carb kid. And then, let's see. The Province town. I can't say if that could be true. And then Lindsay. I feel like. I feel like. Although, thank God she's a Lindsay. I felt like you had different names. You're right. You're so good. So we did have a vat of pasta. Pastabilities. I mean, you'd go there, and I don't even remember what the price was. It was at some ridiculously low price. And the pasta was in a bowl, literally this big, mounded like this absolutely delicious. It was definitely, like, two or three meals worth of pasta. Well. And then the date went well. The date did go well. Now, what was the second date of that? Of nachos, Truthfully, was breakfast. I'm not counting that. That's. I'm not counting that. Why was that the possible first date? Because that's when we actually met. That was not an in. That's when the spark. The spark that lit the day. Let's go. I love that. Then Provincetown is like the gay capital of the world. And that's where you first went on vacation together. We went to a bed and breakfast together there. Now, how was vacationing together? Because you learn a lot. It was wonderful. Oh, that's beautiful. Really wonderful. If anyone wants to go on vacation with me, I love vacation. I feel like I'm a good vacationer. I bet you are. Because I like to do. But I like to not. I like to see, but I like to not. Yeah, I'm really flexible. I'm flexible. As long as everyone is respectable. Yeah, yeah. But you can't sleep too. In too much. You'd be good. We'll take you on vacation. Oh, I'm so good at it. Yeah. And you're right. And that's why I'm dressed this way. Lindsay was. Lindsay was. We. That was in the mix, but yeah. What was the original? So we looked at. My grandmother's name was Lillian. Oh, that's a beautiful name. That's a good name. But we ended up with Lindsay with lit. You still have the little bit of. There's a little bit of it, but not. So I'm Bruno, obviously. But I was almost a Nelson Jr. No, that's just. That's the truth. And I am. Thank God I'm not. Which I love my father, but I'm a Bruno. My father is a Nelson, though. I am definitely a Bruno. Bruno, though. Is that like your name? Name is Bruno? It's not a nickname. Bruno. Bruno. Alexander. So I was a preemie baby. I was two. I was two months early. And I was one and a half. I was. No, sorry, two and a half pounds when I was born. True little nugget. And my parent. Two and a half pounds. I was very, very little. I was in the incubator for a month. But I really have no medical issues except for my own. Well, I feel like I was a little half baked because I'm a little short. And I thought my mom. I thought I could be a little taller. Cause you saw Eric. It's not fair. Eric. Oh, Etiko's way taller than me. It's so unfair. It's so unfair. Also, though, Eric. Alexander. Yeah, we both have it. We both have Alexander, which I thought is cool. I didn't realize that that's different. That people have different middle. Is that a Brazilian thing? No, really, you should have like the maiden name and all that. But they did it different. They wanted different names. But I Was Bruno Alexander. Because I was such a small baby, my dad wanted me to have a big name. That's perfect. I love it. And I love. And I love it. I feel like I'm a Bruno. I love it. That's perfect. But. Yes. So let's go mine. Okay. Ready? Yeah. So first, I auditioned for the bachelor. Number two, I was part of an online card commercial. Number three, I was an extra in a movie. Wow. You see how. Oh, they are all together? You may not know. You may not know. All right, so I believe the car commercial is true. Okay, maybe we don't know the car. Commercial is true, Pam. Okay, interesting. I believe the audition for bachelor was true. Well, maybe. Obviously, he didn't win, but, you know. I'm saying the bachelor's the lie. I think, though, he wasn't as extra in the movie, and I believe he was also in a car commercial. Those are my guesses. That's a good guess. I think the car commercial is the lie. And you think the bachelor is. I think the bachelor's the lie. Do we have to agree or can we. Okay, good. No. You guys are lucky. I have two against me. It's really two against one. Well, the lie is the movie. I was not in a movie. I wish I was. Guys. If I was an extra in a movie, we would have watched it by now. 100. We watched the commercial. Well, it's lost in the world. I did one. It was one of those things. I was working in Kansas City. It's gone. I have to figure it out. I know the person who. I have to reach out to her. But I was working in Kansas City at this, like, awesome gym, and I would meet people all the time through the gym, and one day, one of the ladies who came through, really nice gal. She's like, hey, you couldn't be interested in doing something? And I was like, what? And she's like, I need an extra in this or I need somebody for this commercial we're shooting. She was, like, in production, and she was like, we just need an extra person. It's going to be really low key, but can you do it on this day and this day? And I was like, yeah. And I was just like. And she's like, I can only give you, like, however much money. I think it was, like, 200 bucks. But it really was like. I was like, if you can't. Because it was. It was snowing and stuff at the time, so I was so nervous to, like, get there. But she was like, I'll get you an uber and we're solid. I was like, let's do it. It was. I was an actor. It was so funny because you could tell the actors from the non actors, and the real actors were talk about their gigs. And he's like. And they're like, all, like, Shakespearean. They're all like, oh, hello. But they gave me a free. Like a. Like, where you put hot coffee, it stays hot. Oh, yeah. Oh, my God. I was like, yeah. Like, it was the coolest thing. I kept it forever. Was it like a car dealership? So it was a online website for, like, to fight your. It was like, to fight car insurance issues. And so the theme of, like, the shoot was, like, it was like a. A bad driver's anonymous. And so I was like, in this, like, circle, like, you know, when you do therapy, and each character had, like, a different, like, thing they were doing. And my thing that I had to do is they gave me a coffee cup, and I had to pretend that I dropped something in it. And I was, like, trying to get it. And I just did that for, like, three hours. It was so crazy. And, like. Like, there was this one lady who kept, like, doing her makeup, and then there was, like, another guy who had, like, you know, who was, like, having a problem. And then there was the real actors, like, doing their thing. But that was what I had to do. I just had to, like, pretend to get something out of my cup for, like, three hours. But it was so fun, and I thought it was so cool. But I know I have to. I'll try to, like, talk to. I have the. The friend on Facebook, so I'll be like, hey, do you remember this random thing we did? And maybe she has it, like, with her portfolio, but it was so funny. I just love doing it. I got a couple bucks for it. And I was like, what a weird time. When did you. When did you audition for the Bachelor? When I was living in Arkansas. My. I'm. I'm a notorious bachelor. Everyone who's watching, I'm single. What's up? And my friend. Awesome. Thank you. Thank you. Love is love. I'm a good person. And my friends were like, damn. Like, Bruno, he's just doesn't. He doesn't have the time or he needs somebody. So my. My friends in my program and when I was in medical school, they filled out all the application for me, put in all my stuff, because at that time, they all knew my. Yes, my nose, whatever, my address, and then didn't say anything to me. And then I got this random email from the Bachelor Nation being like, thank you so much for your application at this time. We've already filled all the positions. And I'm like, what are you talking about? And I was like, guys, you're not gonna believe this email. And then my friends freaking. They told me they. Yeah. And I was like, what the hell? But I was like, man, they missed out, man. That would have been a good bachelor. I like the drama. I love love. I like tv. It would have been a good bachelor. But see, now that I'm a podcaster, maybe I have the opportunity to go on the next Bachelor or the Old Bachelor or the Golden Bachelor. Maybe we need a starting bachelor podcast. Yes, there is. Yes. They're older now, and they're beautiful. Apparently. Like, you know, they, like, let me tell you, dating as, like, like, a little older is nice because you can. It's so much more like, this is what I'm looking for. But again, it's like, you know, everyone has their whole life experiences behind them, too, so it's like, you're adding all that, too, so that's kind of hard. You don't get to, like, grow with someone. But it's fun. But I could have been 35. Oh, you're still a baby. I'm still a baby. But it's hard, you know, Especially since, like, I'm in this transition of, like, I want to, like, I'm going to be moving somewhere. Yeah. I'm not really going to be staying in Louisiana. And that's a hard. That's a hard thing for a lot of people, especially, like, my age group. Everyone's either established or have their roots. Or they want to establish roots. Yeah. Or. Or they want more of an adventure, and I'm ready to, like, finish the adventure, you know, so it's, like, hard, you know? Although with so many remote jobs now, there might be a little easier than it might have been otherwise. And at the end of the day, like, Florida, I would like to go back and work there, but I'm. I'm flexible. You know, they say, like, statistic wise. I know everyone's trying to get me here, but I don't think I'll be anywhere where there's snow because I'm. We. I'm from Florida. Talk to your brother. We're not going to snow up here. He walks and. And all that. I. Guys, I am weak. I'm from Florida. I never. The thought of waking up early to clean your car or to clean the driveway, I. I don't have. I don't have that in me. Yeah, I hear. That is so funny. No, I, I, I'm weak. I'm not strong. And that's why Florida is so crazy. We are weak. The sun has really messed us up. That, you know, you're not. Because you can do summer without air conditioning. Yeah, I, I could, but air conditioning is so amazing. That's where I'm weak. I do not want to be someplace that hot without air conditioning. Right. Well, Louisiana is like that. Because, you know, being from Florida, we have sunshine and heat and everything. But Louis, Louisiana is like a, it's like true. Like a crawfish broil. Like we are boiling. And that's why we're all. Because it's so, it's, you're just, you're just. And, and you don't know if it's going to be torrential downpour. Yeah. Like, you don't know what the day on a Tuesday. You're like, what the hell, dude? So, yeah, I would say. But it's been fun. That's so cool. Yeah. But here I will say, Philly is so beautiful. I'm so lucky to have you guys. So I get to visit. I'm a big visitor. There you go. All right. But I don't think I can live anywhere like that. We'll see. She has a very powerful label. She's very good, regardless. Yes, she's very good. So you may not, you may not win that battle. They've been trying. I think you beat us both. I mean, come on. Come on. All right, I'm going to do mine now. They're not as good as yours. No, yours are so good. Okay, so let's see. First thing is. Let's see. What order do I want to do these in? Okay. Our wedding was actually a wedding couched in a concert that was given by a Grammy Award winning choir. When it was time to go to the hospital, I left without Deb for her to deliver. Lindsay. I left without Deb. Okay. And. What? There was one time when Deb got drunk at a friend's house and danced on a table. And she's never had any alcohol other than that. Really? Oh, my God. Well, first of all, that's cool. What's cool? Dancing on the table. Oh, well, thank you. I did it a few times. I'm like, big fan. Yeah. Big fan. Big fan. Big fan on tables. Probably was on one recently, but yeah. Big fan. Big fan. You know, you, you just gotta find your stage. You gotta do it. You just gotta find your stage and just have a good time. I know. One of them for sure is true. You left without Deb. I did. You saw it on podcast. I saw it on the podcast. And Lindsey, we just talked about it too. Oh, thank you. Oh, that's so funny. We lucked out. I know that one for sure. Now the hilarious thing is that you guys, in this crazy musical world of Philadelphia, you guys are all into all these people who are so Grammy nominated, and you guys have such a musical, like, connection, so I think that's true. Damn it. Yeah. And I don't. I. I think you still should still dance on the table. But she did get drunk once because he kept filling her glass when she didn't know it. Oh, big fan of that person. Glass of wine? Yeah. Good fit. I love that. Dance on the table. I did not dance. Not yet. Not yet, not yet. There you go. There's only. I don't. There's plenty of table. You can't get me. You cannot get me drunk enough to dance on a table. This is kind of a table, this. Yeah, I might. I might get dancing. See, it really, you're. You're just. You're selling yourself short. It's not. It's really the table. That's right. But you don't even have to be drunk. Dance on the table. And to know it was true. Yeah. It's really. It's really the process of elimination. I'm like, which one is more. The wedding was. Tell me about the wedding. That sounds awesome. It was incredible. So it was already a concert? No, pretty much they were. How. It was a wedding. Let's be. It was a. It was a wedding, but it was an entire. It was an Episcopal service. Yeah. So we did. Everything that could be sung was sung. Oh, that's awesome. There was. There was a half an hour of prelude music. God, it's incredible. Yeah. There. And there was anthems and. Yeah. We had. We ever. If you could have. Oh, I love that, guys. That's so cool. It was. And ETO and Lindsay's concert in the middle of the wedding. Incredible. The guy who conducted that is the. Is Donald Nally of, you know, the conductor of the Crossing. The Crossing. That. It was so cool. That's so cool that you got. I love that you guys have this, like, musical connection. Yeah. It's so cool. And we're all fans and that's awesome that you guys have that. It's been so much fun. It really has. Well, this has been an awesome way to kick. Yeah. This is the best time. So much fun. I'm so glad you truly the coolest thing I've ever done. What do you want to tell the people? What's your podcast going to be called? It's going to be called Cold Brew. No. And we'll drink coffee and have a good time. But I couldn't do a podcast, guys. But I'd love to be a guest. Oh, I could never. Yeah, but I love, like, music. You know what my. My real dream is? I would love to like. So I love music and movies and all that stuff. I'm a big entertainment person. But I love. If you know me, I love watching music videos of all kinds, from, like, classical to old school to K pop to rap and everything. I just love the medium of music videos. Yeah. And I'd love to, like, watch a couple and talk about them and what you like about and what you don't like. That would be sick. That would be. You could totally do that. Yeah, I would love to do something like that. So look, look, look forward to that. But. But I think just. I'm so proud of y'all. This. This is so cool. I say keep going. And anybody looking to know this handsome single doctor. Thank you. Thank you. It won't always be in Louisiana. Drop it in the messages. I will move for love. You never know. We know his phone number. Yes. Come through, Come through. That could be my next podcast. The day you want to take this out. I love that. Well, if you've liked what you've heard here today, please subscribe. Like, comment. Let us know if there's something else you want to hear. If you want Bruno to come back. I'm gonna come back. This was too cool. It was great having you here. Thank you, guys. This was so fun. Please, and have an amazing 2025. Yes, 2025. Crazy good. See you next time. Bye, y'all.